99 Rivertown Runners (Westchester): Rivertown Runners is an organization that organizes community running events for its members and other runners in the towns along the Hudson River. The main goal is to raise money to benefit local charities and to 100 Historic Hudson Valley (Westchester): Historic Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit, educational organization that celebrates the history, architecture, landscape, and material culture of the Hudson Valley through the preservation, restoration, interpretation, and promotion of various historic landmarks for public enjoyment. The Croton Waterworks and its various auxiliary components serve as a unique component of the Hudson Valley landscape, and is one of many historic landmarks that the organization works toward promoting and preserving. Historic Hudson Valley 150 White Plains Road Tarrytown, NY 10591 website: www.hudsonvalley.org Historic Hudson River Towns (Westchester): Meant primarily as a way of promoting and increasing awareness of the amazing aspects of the many historic towns located along the Hudson River, the Historic Hudson River Towns is an online consortium of communities located on the east and west banks of the Hudson River extending from Yonkers to Albany. Each community within the consortium has an online page that provides visitors with town history as well as tourism information for each location. For most of the historic river towns along the Hudson River (CrotonOn-Hudson, Ossining, Tarrytown, Irvington, Hastings-On-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry and Yonkers), the Old Croton Aqueduct trailway serves as a key recreational attraction. website: www.hudsonriver.com Rivertowns Guide (Westchester): This is a resource guide geared toward children and families living in towns along the Hudson River. The online guide provides users with information on various recreational, arts, and cultural events and activities going on in the area; restaurant listings; local blogs; shopping guides; and a list of resources for parents with children (with school information, children’s activity listings, classes, birthday party resources, and so on). website: http://www.rivertownsguide.com/ National Park Service (Westchester to Highbridge Park, Bronx): The National Park Service is a U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, national monuments, and various conservation and historical properties of varying significance. The National Park Service has listed several components as well as stretches of the Croton Waterworks on their list of National Historic Landmarks and on the National Register of Historic Places. These designations afford certain federal protections to the Croton Aqueduct. 1. High Pumping Station, National Register of Historic Places (1983) 2. Jerome Park Reservoir, National Register of Historic Places (2000) 3. Old Croton Aqueduct, National Register of Historic Places (1974) 4. Old Croton Aqueduct running from Croton to New York City, National Historic Landmark in (1992) 5. The High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower, National Register of Historic Places (1972) 6. 135th Street Gatehouse, National Register of Historic Places (1983) 7. The Old Croton Dam Site, National Register of Historic Places (1973) Individual Site Partners Croton Friends of History (Croton-On-Hudson): This group was started in 2002, when a group of citizens of Croton-On-Hudson who shared an interest in the local history of Croton and the surrounding areas within the Hudson Valley got together. The Croton Friends of History is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to encourage the sharing of interest in various historical topics through lectures, discussions, and newsletters. The history of the Croton Waterworks is strongly intertwined in the history of Croton-on-Hudson and the surrounding villages and towns, and serves as a major topic of interest for the Croton Friends of History. Croton Friends of History P.O. Box 193 Croton-on-Hudson New York 10520 website: http://www.crotonfriendsofhistory. org/ Key Players Groundwork Hudson Valley (Westchester): Groundwork Hudson Valley is an environmental justice nonprofit that works with communities to improve their physical and social environment. Groundwork Hudson Valley is currently leading an environmental justice initiative to reclaim the section of the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park that runs through Yonkers. In Yonkers, the Aqueduct trail is underutilized and its upkeep is neglected, making it hard for community members to utilize the trail as other towns along the Hudson River have done. The goal of the initiative is to reconnect the communities in Yonkers with the Aqueduct trail and to work toward the cleanup, improvement, and long-term utilization of this section of the Aqueduct. Groundwork Hudson Valley 22 Main Street, 2nd Floor Yonkers, NY 10701 website: www.groundworkhv.org promote the joys of running. The Runners make use of the parts of the Old Croton Aqueduct trailway that run through the river towns along the Hudson River. Rivertown Runners P.O. Box 8384 Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 website: www.rivertownrunners.org Section 4: Conclusion that celebrates the Croton Aqueduct with tours, live music, and children’s activities. The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct have also published a map detailing the route of the Croton Aqueduct trail and attractions along the way. An ongoing project is the restoration and adaptive reuse of the keeper’s house in